Re: Re: PHP documentation authors / editors and license
| From: | Zak Greant | Date: | Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:09:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: PHP documentation authors / editors and license | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.doc |
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Hello All,
It looks like we only need to worry about Jouni Ahto and Alexander
Aulbach now.
Cornelia discussed the issue with Egon yesterday, and Egon now agrees
that the current situation can be changed.
The relevant message is attached.
Cheers!
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From zak Wed Feb 12 11:40:45 2003 Return-Path: <c@cornelia-boenigk.de> Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) by mysql.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h1CIWEPd031720 for <zak@mysql.com>; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:14 +0100 Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18j1g1-0000Ji-00; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:09 +0100 Received: from [80.145.71.234] (helo=zwerg2000) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18j1g1-0007pM-00; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:09 +0100 Message-ID: <004101c2d2c5$1993ebb0$e8ebfea9@zwerg2000> From: "Cornelia Boenigk" <c@cornelia-boenigk.de> To: "Egon Schmid" <eschmid@php.net>, "Zak Greant" <zak@mysql.com> References: <3E3C292E.7030700@hojtsy.hu> <20030201233658.GN24627@mysql.com> <20030211233635.GZ13873@mysql.com> <3E4A60FF.60005@hojtsy.hu> Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Re: PHP documentation authors / editors and license Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:06 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Hi Zak > > The license change to the proposed license will also have the positive > > side effect, that our license would be compatible with the PHP Function > > Reference created by Zak and others, so it's contents will be opened up > > for inclusion in the manual (as said by Zak ;). > > Yep. My new editor at Sams has agreed to allow me to integrate my > material from the PHP Functions Essential Reference into the PHP > documentation. This should mean that when we work on the second > edition, we can do a full review of the major extensions of the > manual. Today I met with Egon and we were talking about the license issues. It turned out that Egon understood that checking out the sources/prototypes for commercial purposes was the point. Fortunately he owns your Function Reference so I could make clear what your suggestion was. We looked at the book, the examples you wrote, which are in many cases much more than the manual provides. And we agreed that it would be a valuable addition for the manual. In short: Egon agrees. And he told me to tell you his decision. Regards Conni
From zak Wed Feb 12 11:40:45 2003 Return-Path: <c@cornelia-boenigk.de> Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) by mysql.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h1CIWEPd031720 for <zak@mysql.com>; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:14 +0100 Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18j1g1-0000Ji-00; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:09 +0100 Received: from [80.145.71.234] (helo=zwerg2000) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18j1g1-0007pM-00; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:09 +0100 Message-ID: <004101c2d2c5$1993ebb0$e8ebfea9@zwerg2000> From: "Cornelia Boenigk" <c@cornelia-boenigk.de> To: "Egon Schmid" <eschmid@php.net>, "Zak Greant" <zak@mysql.com> References: <3E3C292E.7030700@hojtsy.hu> <20030201233658.GN24627@mysql.com> <20030211233635.GZ13873@mysql.com> <3E4A60FF.60005@hojtsy.hu> Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Re: PHP documentation authors / editors and license Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:06 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Hi Zak > > The license change to the proposed license will also have the positive > > side effect, that our license would be compatible with the PHP Function > > Reference created by Zak and others, so it's contents will be opened up > > for inclusion in the manual (as said by Zak ;). > > Yep. My new editor at Sams has agreed to allow me to integrate my > material from the PHP Functions Essential Reference into the PHP > documentation. This should mean that when we work on the second > edition, we can do a full review of the major extensions of the > manual. Today I met with Egon and we were talking about the license issues. It turned out that Egon understood that checking out the sources/prototypes for commercial purposes was the point. Fortunately he owns your Function Reference so I could make clear what your suggestion was. We looked at the book, the examples you wrote, which are in many cases much more than the manual provides. And we agreed that it would be a valuable addition for the manual. In short: Egon agrees. And he told me to tell you his decision. Regards Conni